Blood, Guts and Intensity

[HeavyDutyGuy]

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Building some legs.

[HeavyDutyGuy]

I don't know why James shows the 755 squats on YT with little depth. I posted pics in here I took about 3 years ago with him doing 610 for 10 reps DEEP. Also instead of these 1450 leg press YT partials I posted pics of him repping 1000 pounds with knees buried in his chest. James can you dig up those old pics?


Baldie
I couldnt find the pics on here. I'm thinking you posted them on your old journal. I think the whole journal was deleted? Too bad.

[Hammerfit]

I couldnt find the pics on here. I'm thinking you posted them on your old journal. I think the whole journal was deleted? Too bad.

Baldies old journal? I may be able to pull it up

[HeavyDutyGuy]

Baldies old journal? I may be able to pull it upYeah, the time frame would be the first part of 2010.

[HeavyDutyGuy]

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No supplements except creatine in last 4 months. (I don't count whey).

[Hammerfit]

Found Baldies original thread, there is reference to him taking pics of you doing curls when you where training w him but never found the post w the pics the thread is 61 pages! Got give me something to reference......post name, date, etc.

[HeavyDutyGuy]

Pecs


Started with something new- equipment availability dictated a change-
Matrix Bench Press -new- 1 pl ea side x 20 x 2 sets, 2 pl ea side x 15,
3 pl ea side x 10. 4 pl ea side x 4., 5 pl ea side x 2 RP , drop 4 pl x 2 RP! 5 pl ea side x 4 + 2 FR + 2 neg ea side! - unilaterally.


Flues 120s x 4


Dips BW + 120 x 4, BW + 240 x 4 negs.




Delts


Smith Overhead Press. 1 pl ea side x 10, 2 pl ea side x 6,


DB Laterala 65s x 8 pre ex with


Smith OP 3 pl ea side x 3 - bad spot/ kept trying to help me rack it!


Triceps


Rope Push downs 248 x 7 pre ex with


Negative Dips BW + 240 x 3.


Abs


Ab Crunch machine 247.5 x 50


10 min in pool- did 3 laps- set major speed records-ha!


BW 255 lbs

[TonyElTigre]

Great Job! Keep it up!

[HeavyDutyGuy]

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmW7VDwNKsY&feature=youtube_gdata_player


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[HeavyDutyGuy]

Found Baldies original thread, there is reference to him taking pics of you doing curls when you where training w him but never found the post w the pics the thread is 61 pages! Got give me something to reference......post name, date, etc.Date should be end of Jan 2010, I'm really not sure, don't sweat it. Bogged down with emails can't look now.

[HeavyDutyGuy]

Great Job! Keep it up!
Thanks! Backed off on a couple things, tried something new, but it was still intense!

[HeavyDutyGuy]

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-7Xwo4ADss&feature=youtube_gdata_player


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[HeavyDutyGuy]

Warmups - for 10 reps

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHcsxw--AiE&feature=youtube_gdata_player


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[Mac]

James, I don't understand your training practices and methodology.

I thought you are a bodybuilder. However your exercises consist of very low ROM, extremely heavy weight and often times singles with a rest between each rep.

I have not seen anyone else employ this type of training and want to understand it. Can you explain what the benefits are and why you do it this way?

[HeavyDutyGuy]

On that machine, that IS a full ROM, your arms go up and arc in.I posted those just for that reason. I do low reps- sometimes - rest pause/Mentzer style, but other sets are 20 - or more reps. I just didn't video the first warmup set. Calves tend to be higher reps as the stack isn't very much, its whatever reps take to get to muscular failure- whether it's 4, 14, or 40. I don't do the traditional 4 sets of 10 or whatnot because it's too arbitrary and that didn't cause me to grow when I do try it. I'm not a pumper- I power build.

[HeavyDutyGuy]

Ever try STATIC shrugs?- no ROM and one of the hardest things I've ever tried. At one point in 99 or so I was doing a lot if statics-get the weight in fully contracted position, hold until strength goes and lower with a slow negative. How many reps?-1, never more than two. Mostly worked on leg extensions, pull downs, and Amy exercise where there was resistance in the fully contracted position.

[HeavyDutyGuy]

Off season. . 255 lbs off cycle off beat..

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oviMOA8Kpj8&feature=youtube_gdata_player


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[HeavyDutyGuy]

Straight Arm Pulldowns - 50 x 20 2 sets, 87.5 x 8, 125 x 4,
200 x 4 RP- felt very heavy!




Close Grip Pulldowns 200 x 6, 275 x 5,
357.5 x 2 RP
Rp drop 312.5 x 2 RP


Yates rows 135 x 15, x 10, 225 x 6, 315 x 6, 405 x 6, 495 x 7


Rack Deads / from top of knees 765 x 5


Matrix rows - break in. 5 pl (270) a side x 5 + 2 FR + 2 neg!


Rack deads 1035 x 6 - tough time today, someone put the thick bar on a bench so couldn't use it, this was the most I could get on this bar. Strap kept slipping and when I was setting up some black female trainer was lurking, all added up to sub standard.


Biceps


225 x 7


One arm cable curls -break in 60 x 8 + 2 FR + 2 neg.


BW 252 - empty stomach, just creatine punch and some coffee.


Tough one!

Been off HRT since March and have regressed in hardness, but strength and weight have held despite dieting. My new HRT is here now, so may start over the weekend. Hello 275 by DEC.

[masterschamp]

Keep focused, James.....should be easier in terms of recovery with the HRT regimen beginning again.

Keith

[HeavyDutyGuy]

Keep focused, James.....should be easier in terms of recovery with the HRT regimen beginning again.

KeithThanks Keith! It will, I may add an extra training back in. That should help with the hardness as well.

[HeavyDutyGuy]

Shot this of the one arm rows/this is how I train usually when not in pure power phase. Check out this video on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M16mRBeWLz0&feature=youtube_gdata_player


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[HeavyDutyGuy]

http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r630/intenceman/46f8ad88.jpgpretty
decent for over 50.

[HeavyDutyGuy]

Day off from work- I don't get those much-and no workout, so we're going out., taking a couple kids- our ex roommates kids actually-to ��Railroad days- you get to visit up to 8 local museums for 15 bucks and they shuttle you around. Sounds fun and tiring lol. We haven't taken them out since right before I lost the corrections gig, so we're due. For some reason they like hanging with us.

[HeavyDutyGuy]

Railroad Days was a blast!- 5 train museums in 6 hours, including the "Mind Bender" exhibit at the Durham museum. Too packed to even get to all the activities to get the "hall of fame" certificate, you had to do the activities, get clues, enter each "vault" and get the passwords. So I got one, hacked the vault by guessing the other two and we went from there, lol! Got some cool pics too

http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r630/intenceman/04d7dd3b.jpg
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[HeavyDutyGuy]

Leg extension matrix 120 x 15, 180 x 15, 247.5 x 15, 247.5 x 9+ 2 FR + 2 negs- slow and controlled working the ROM.




45* Leg presses 4 pl ea side x 8, 8 pl ea side x 6 , 12 pl ea side x 6 (1247). 1657 x 5 + 1 FR!




Smith squats 1 pl ea side x 2, 2 pl, 3 pl, 4pl, 5 pl, 6 Pl ea x 2, more for the neuromuscular facilitation than to raise core temp to warm up,
8 pl a side x 6 + 1 neg.


Seated thy leg curl 140x 10, 207.5 x 11 + 2 FR + 2 neg- ouch!




Toe press on Matrix leg press 415 x 25- very strict, calves were burning bad! , x 14.




Abs
Rotary Torso -120 x 20 reps ea side!




BW 257 lbs - up 5 lbs in 4 days.


Good workout! - Heavy, focused and intense!

[HeavyDutyGuy]

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MQHSWmZF8Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player


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Something slower and stricter for the form purists lol

[mrky03]

Looks like you had a great day with the kids!

[Hammerfit]

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MQHSWmZF8Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player


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Something slower and stricter for the form purists lol

Nice! Thats much better for your knees. Watching you do the uni leg extension w the heavy weight was damn scary, I could just see an ACL flying across the room! LOL.

[masterschamp]

James......all my reps are slow and complete with a contraction......got ALOT more results training that way.

Keith

[HeavyDutyGuy]

Looks like you had a great day with the kids!
Yes we did!

[HeavyDutyGuy]

Mike and Keith, all of my warmups usually look like that. It's hard on barbell exercises to go really heavy and keep it strict sometimes. But this will be
my focus in the coming year. I really don't need to get stronger, or handle heavier weights. So it's all about contraction-whether I'm doing positives, statics or negatives. I will be using all three- in good form.
The plan is to gain 15 lbs of muscle (not body weight) and come in next years show st 250, and drier than I was at 237 2 years ago.

[Hammerfit]

Mike and Keith, all of my warmups usually look like that. It's hard on barbell exercises to go really heavy and keep it strict sometimes. But this will be
my focus in the coming year. I really don't need to get stronger, or handle heavier weights. So it's all about contraction-whether I'm doing positives, statics or negatives. I will be using all three- in good form.
The plan is to gain 15 lbs of muscle (not body weight) and come in next years show st 250, and drier than I was at 237 2 years ago.


I like the sound of that!

[mrky03]

I like the sound of that!

I second that!

[HeavyDutyGuy]

slower .




Brutal workout! Tried to get full ROM using strict form with heavy weights! Lots of negatives and rest pause!


BW 256 lbs. -mostly empty stomach, had 1 scoop whey with creatine drink, coffee.

[Baldiewonkanobi]

OK James 256. About 300 more days to hit at least 275. 1 1/2 pounds a month. Remember to eat like a 275 pound man not a 256 pound man. About 250 xtra calories per day every day. One xtra scoop of whey and a large sweet potato added onto your present diet would do it.

Baldie

[HeavyDutyGuy]

OK James 256. About 300 more days to hit at least 275. 1 1/2 pounds a month. Remember to eat like a 275 pound man not a 256 pound man. About 250 xtra calories per day every day. One xtra scoop of whey and a large sweet potato added onto your present diet would do it.

BaldieThat's basically the plan, though I hope to get a bounce back up to 260 shortly from starting HRT and from not dieting , still mostly eggs, tuna, but adding back in multi grain bread and pasta dishes for dinner. Once I hit Valentines Day, the carbs start getting cut again. I figure that's 7 months to gain 15 lbs of muscle- balls out training and aggressive HRT program combined with the higher carb intake while staying on creatine throughout til Feb should give me a shot at it. It's not going to be easy once winter hits here so trying to get it done as much as possible by Thanksgiving. We will see.

[HeavyDutyGuy]

End of journal. HD down for the count.

[Rick Prince]

End of journal. HD down for the count.

End of journal?
I certainly hope not. Reading your workout journals has been motivating.